Reporter Aymann Ismail Tells Us About Hanging With Zohran Mamdani On The Campaign Trail

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Dear Humans,

We’ve been lucky to speak with guests recently who are bringing much needed hope into our lives, and today’s God Pod guest is no different: Journalist and author Aymann Ismail!

In our latest God Pod, Aymann tells us how he felt the need to pivot into a bright personality after 9/11 happened while he was just a river away in Newark, New Jersey.

We also discuss:

Aymann’s new book Becoming Baba, which is about fatherhood and identity.
His journey from aspiring filmmaker to Slate journalist
Aymann’s thoughts on Zohran Mamdani, and what it was like to spend a day with the fast-rising political star.
Aymann’s surreal experience reporting during the Jan 6 Capitol riot.
Muslim American identity post-9/11.
The power of “smile and pivot” in combating Islamophobia.
God’s history with losing a fight to Jacob, and how God wants to change his image.

Brighten your weekend and hope for humanity in this new episode of The God Pod!

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0:00.0	Jesus, are we doing headphones today or no headphones?
0:07.0	I could put on headphones.
0:08.7	Yeah, Jesus, let's all be very head phoned out.
0:11.9	You know what else I can do?
0:13.1	I can put on sunglasses.
0:18.6	Is that all you got, God?
0:20.2	Is that all you got?
0:20.7	I need to get regular glasses as part of my repertoire.
0:24.2	Don't challenge him.
0:25.2	He's got quite a few accessories.
0:29.4	Well, welcome to God Pod Live.
0:32.5	Thank you.
0:32.9	I'm happy to be here.
0:34.7	Jesus tried to figure out the pronunciation of your name.
0:39.8	So I think it's great to, I call him pronunciation, because he always gets it wrong.
0:45.4	He always gets it wrong.
0:48.0	So Jesus, take it away.
0:50.3	Give us your best guess, buddy.
0:51.5	Let's see.
0:52.9	I know it's Amon, right?
0:54.7	Nope.
0:56.0	I was just saying, hey, man.
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